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FRESHMAN SEASON (2024-25)
• Competed in all 10 events for South Alabama with a majority of her outings (8) coming at the No. 3 position 
• In her 27 rounds of competition, she averaged 75.5 strokes per round (2,038 strokes)
• Posted one Top 10 finish and a pair of Top 20s
• Recorded six rounds at par or under, including four under par
• Her four rounds under 70 tied with Katharina Schroll for the team lead in the category
• Registered 50 birdies and an eagle during the season
• Fired a single-round low 69 three times during the season: Third Round, Green Wave Invitational (9/10/24), Second Round, 47th Annual Pat Bradley Invitational (9/30/24) and Third Round, Hurricane Invitational (10/29/24)
• Tied for 13th in the season-opening tournament at the Green Wave Invitational
• Closed out the fall with a season-best finish (t-sixth) and a three-round low of 216 at the Hurricane Invitational (10/28-29/24)
 
AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Represented Denmark in both girls and women’s world championship events during her amateur career
• The summer prior to arriving at South Alabama, she placed 10th at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship
• Also finished fourth at the Dormy Elite Tour 1 Ladies and Girls event
• Recorded Top-25 finish at the European Nations Cup - Copa Sotogrande, placing 23rd at the event
• Represented Denmark at the World Junior Girls Championship and as part of the European Girls Team Championship in 2021 and 2022, and then was part of the national team at the European Ladies Team Championships in 2023
• Holds six wins in Danish National events since 2021
• Was ranked as high as 827th in the USGA World Amateur Golf Rankings 
• Captured a pair of wins and recorded 14 Top 10 finishes in 30 counting events during the 2023 season
• Won the 2022 PING Masters and then placed second in her next outing at the Dormy Elite Tour 1 Damer & Piger in her next event
• Was a two-time winner (2023 and 2021) at the Lyngbygaard Junior/Ynglinge Open held at the Lungbygaard Golf Klub, firing with a two-under 142 (72-70) in her most recent title appearance
• During the 2022 season, she won both the Danish Golf Union Elite Tour II Ladies Championship and the DGU Elite Tour I Girls Championship
• Fired a second-round 69 at the Wilbore Cup held at Helsinger Golf Club in Denmark, and was third at the DM Hulspil (Danish National Match Play Championship) held at Aalborg Golf Klub.

PERSONAL
• Full name is Anna Hjerrild Behnsen
• Born in Horsens, Denmark
• Daughter of Rene’ Orris and Dorthe Hjerrild Behnsen
• Has one younger brother, Jakob
• Majoring in pre-business